Published
2015.
Who’s Marion? I wasn’t able to determine
whether Marion was male or female. All
indications of gender are absent, and because of that, the developing
relationship between Marion and Caroline became more interesting than it might
otherwise have been. The dynamics of the two characters don’t really shed light
on it. Do they bond as they do because both are women in a largely male society
(the time is the late 70s)? If one assumes Marion to be male, are we to see him
as unusually devoid of the patronizing attitude toward women typical of the
time? There seems to be little flirting between them if Marion is male, but
quite a bit more if female. It's all interesting enough to make me nostalgic at
never having learned Icelandic.
You won’t find car chases, hanky-panky, and drunk
detectives. Sorry. I know I shouldn't drop all these spoilers, but sometimes I
can't help myself…
